Colonial Law in Africa, 1808-1919 - Volumes
Volumes
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Uganda, 1908-1919
The Zanzibar Gazette contains the only coverage of Uganda from April 1892 until 1908. The gazettes for Uganda begin in 1908. Indexes of officers' names, appointments, promotions and transfers are present from the start. These gazettes include legal reports, colonial finances, imports, exports and historical weather recordings. The events covered by these items include the Busoga famine of 1908 and World War 1. A patent record from 1919 also reveals... Read more →
Tanzania (Zanzibar), 1892-1919
These gazettes were first published in 1892 then taken over by the Government of Zanzibar in 1894. Notices of officer appointments begin from February 1909. During the first decade, the gazettes also included news updates from Uganda and East Africa. Earlier publications would cover import and export statistics, weather reports and currency exchange rates. 1913 saw the introduction of legal records as the gazettes adopted a more formal format. Significant... Read more →
